beth henley screenwriter (3 Ergebnisse)

Three vintage black-and-white studio still photographs from the 1986 film. Three sisters reunite in their hometown of Hazelhurst, Mississippi. This black comedy is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Beth Henley. Henley also wrote the screenplay for the film. Set in Mississippi, shot on location in North Carolina. 8 x 10 inches and 10 x 8 inches. . Near Fine.

Revised Draft script for the 1986 film. Production assistant Cynthia Jessen's copy, with her name in manuscript ink on the title page, numerous lines throughout the script circled, and several dog-eared pages. Not to be confused with the 1994 film directed by Robert Benton and starring Paul Newman. A young woman who is tired of her life falls for a man in a traveling Shakespeare troupe. Shot on location in Prescott and Sedona, AZ. Blue untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated February 19, 1986, noted as Revised Draft, with credits for screenwriter Beth Henley. 109 leaves, with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with blue revision pages throughout, dated March 3, 1986. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Collection of twelve vintage color slides from the 1986 film. Five with annotations in manuscript ink on the cardboard sleeves, and a printed Dutch photo agency label affixed to the plastic sleeve holding the slides. A series of vignettes about the goings-on in the fictional Texan town of Virgil, whose inhabitants are preparing for a large celebration in honor of the 150th anniversary of Texas' independence. A passion project for David Byrne, poorly received at the time of its release but today considered a cult classic, largely funded on the strength of Jonathan Demme's successful 1984 concert film "Stop Making Sense," with much of the film's soundtrack supplied by Talking Heads. Shot on location throughout Texas, in Dallas, Mesquite, Midlothian, Red Oak, Allen, and McKinney. Slides 1.25 x 1 inches, in cardboard sleeves measuring 2 x 2 inches. About Near Fine.